> Japan's refiners said this week they will conduct tests over four years
> on the use of graphite as an alternative to asbestos to improve safety
> in the industry. Asbestos is used as a sealing material between pipes.
>
> A substitute has not been found yet because of asbestos' heat- and
> acid-resistant properties, the economy and trade ministry's Tomita said.
>
> ``It's still impossible to estimate how much it will cost the
> industry,'' Ikuo Hamabayashi, a spokesman at the Petroleum Association
> of Japan in Tokyo told Bloomberg News earlier this week. ``We don't yet
> know the suitability of graphite.''
>
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> Hiroshi Suzuki in Tokyo at at h...@b...net
>
> Last Updated: July 15, 2005 05:32 EDT
>
> i po co nawstawiales tu zagranicznego g............?
komu to potrzebne i czemu ma to sluzyc?
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